LESSON



LESSON 2JUNE 9, 2024Subject: Bold Ministers Devotional Reading: Deuteronomy 31:1-8Background Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:1-18Lesson Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:5-18Memory Verse: We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIVLesson Aim: To explain how the New Covenant gives hope, boldness and transformation. INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY OUTLINEI. NEW COVENANT MINISTRY (2 CORINTHIANS 3:4-6)Where did the confidence (trust) of Paul and his fellow workers lie? 2 Corinthians 3:4What did Paul want the Corinthians to know about the origin of their competence (sufficiency)? This was in contrast to the false teachers. 2 Corinthians 3:5Competence not inCompetence comes fromIn what did God make Paul and his fellow workers competent (sufficient)? 2 Corinthians 3:6aWhat is meant by the New Covenant as mentioned in 2 Corinthians 3:6? Jeremiah 31:31-33; Ezekiel 36:26-27Who fulfilled the New Covenant? Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:15II. OLD COVENANT VERSUS NEW COVENANT (2 CORINTHIANS 3:7-18)What is the Old Covenant (sometimes referred to as the Mosaic Covenant)? The moral basis of this Old Covenant is recorded in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. Exodus 20:1-17; 31:18; 34:1What are some characteristics of the Old Covenant? 2 Corinthians 3:3, 6, 7, 9v. 3c – written inv. 3e – written on tables ofv. 6b – the Old Covenant was of thev. 6d – the letterv. 7a – the Old Covenant ministry broughtv. 7b – the Old Covenant ministry was engraved inv. 7c – the Old Covenant came withv. 7e – the Old Covenant glory wasv. 9a – the Old Covenant ministry broughtWhose face showed the glory of the Old Covenant? 2 Corinthians 3:7dWhy couldn’t the people of the Old Covenant look steadily at the face of Moses? 2 Corinthians 3:7dWhat caused Moses’ face to shine with glory? Exodus 34:29-35Why is the New Covenant ministry more glorious than the Old Covenant ministry? 2 Corinthians 3:3-11v. 3cv. 3dv. 8 v. 9bv. 10v. 11How does Paul in 2 Corinthians 3:7 reveal that the Old Covenant exposed sin, death, shame, and guilt? Read Deuteronomy 32:5; Leviticus 19:22; Romans 3:23; 6:23a How did Isaiah respond when he experience the glory of the Lord? Isaiah 6:1-7What enables believers and ministers to be bold (confident)? 2 Corinthians 3:12; Hebrews 4:14-16How does Paul explain that ministers under the New Covenant do not attempt to hide any of the glory of the Gospel? 2 Corinthians 3:13aWhile under the Old Covenant, what was Moses attempting to hide? 2 Corinthians 3:13bWhat did the veil become to symbolize with respect to the Old Covenant? 2 Corinthians 3:14abWhat made those under the Old Covenant minds dull (blinded)? 2 Corinthians 4:4Who is the “god of this age” also called “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2); “the ruler of this world" (John 12:31); ‘the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19)? 2 Timothy 2:26; Revelation 12:9How can this veil be removed? 2 Corinthians 3:14c, 16When did Moses take off his veil? Why? Exodus 34:33-35What happens to those who focus only on the Old Covenant through dull minds and a veil? 2 Corinthians 3:15How does Paul refer to the Lord God? Jesus also says the same. 2 Corinthians 3:17a (John 4:24)What does the Spirit give? 2 Corinthians 3:17bWhat assurance does Jesus give about freedom to those who put trust in Him? John 8:32, 36What are New Covenant unveiled believers able to see and contemplate (reflect) on? 2 Corinthians 3:18abWhat is promised to the unveiled believers under the New Covenant? 2 Corinthians 3:18cWho guarantees and delivers all the promises to the believers under the New Covenant? 2 Corinthians 3:18d ................
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